Drug treatment programs in Anchorage, Alaska have been striving to help people beat their opioid and methamphetamine addictions. Meth has been afflicting Alaska since the early 2000’s, and while labs have slowly disappeared over time, the drug persists. Meth is more powerful than similar substances, so public health issues associated with the drug have increased in Alaska. In …
The Sanctuary Sober Living for Women recently opened in Minot, North Dakota, and is among the first facilities to offer recovery services in the area. It is a nonprofit organization that has been registered with the National Sober Living Association with the goal of helping women overcome their substance abuse addictions. Having opened at the beginning of the …
Momenta is a new mental health and substance use disorder treatment center to open in Glenwood Springs, CO. It offers its services to both outpatients and inpatients with its primary focus on mother-child relationships and the entire family. Based on a 12-step model, they offer family therapy, fitness, nutrition and other courses for patients. The founder of Momenta, …
Originating from Chicago, Footprints to Recovery will be a new, 24 hour a day, addiction treatment center set to open in Mesa, Arizona. The center has acquired its licence to open locations in four other states, with Arizona being the most recent. The official grand opening is scheduled for June 13. Elliot Wolbrom, the chief marketing officer at Footprints …
I am enough. I am not wrong or weak for feeling things deeply. I deserve to be happy. But that doesn’t mean I automatically deserve to have whatever I want, whenever I want. Tomorrow is always a new day. Everyone I know is a fully, three-dimensional person with feelings and insecurities and a life story …
More than 25 million adults in the United States are living with urinary incontinence, a condition that causes involuntary loss of urine with physical exertion (e.g. coughing, sneezing or exercising). It affects 25% of young women, up to 57% of middle-aged women, and 75% of older women. For many, urinary incontinence (UI) is an embarrassing …
Plenty of people suffer from low self-esteem. It’s not uncommon for us to criticize ourselves, obsess over our failures, and experience a sense of insufficiency. If you struggle with feelings of low self-esteem, you’re far from alone. Some self help experts have even estimated that 80% of people have low self-esteem. While that statistic is …
You’re engaged? Congratulations! As you get ready to settle down with the love of your life, you likely have one major task ahead: a wedding to plan. Unless you’re planning to elope or sneak into the courthouse, then you have a boatload of family, friends, and your spouse’s strangers to entertain. A wedding is …
It’s important to take care of your health to avoid the many preventable diseases and to reduce the risk of other diseases that are far too common among adults. From a simple cold to a severe cancer, there are several illnesses that could be avoided by checking in on all of your body systems. It’s …
Real estate can be a wonderful investment, and a great way to make money. However, there is certainly risk involved. Owning a valuable property is good, but having all of that value tied up in just one investment can be worrying, especially if the property is not properly protected. If you’re considering renting out a …